May 14, 2012 in Announcements
As I shared the other day, my baby girl is now one year old….and I was hoping to have a big ‘ol birthday bash to celebrate. Originally, I thought I’d be making her a princess tutu. I had actually purchased an assortment of teal and green tulle a while back [...]
May 3, 2012 in Making our House a Home
A few weeks ago, I revealed our new bonus room…and the week before that, our living room. Sandwiched between them is the kitchen. This is what it looked like when we bought our house:-We bought our house as a foreclosure, so we expected we might have to purchase our own [...]
April 14, 2012 in Making our House a Home
As I told you last week, our home had an addition put on it several years before we purchased it. It is on the rear of the house, beyond the kitchen. Although we have rearranged a few times, we have always used that space as our living room:I have never [...]
April 13, 2012 in Making our House a Home
This is our desk: It is a very nice quality set of furniture that was a part of my husband’s bedroom set as a young boy. I was happy to discover that it “came with” my husband when I married him…because we have gotten a lot of use out of [...]
April 9, 2012 in Made by Mom, Making our House a Home
A couple of weeks ago, I shared a tutorial for these burlap flowers.In an effort of continuity (or because of a week long obsession with burlap?) I also made some burlap pillow covers and this burlap flower wreath:Wanna make your own? Here’s how: 1. Buy a straw wreath. 2. Draw [...]
April 6, 2012 in Making our House a Home
This post has been featured: Yesterday, I showed you my “new” living room, which is very much like my “old” living room. But in a new spot. It was the third time we have hung our Thailand photo wall in the same exact arrangement. First in our apartment: …then in [...]
April 5, 2012 in Making our House a Home
Our home had an addition put on it several years before we purchased it. It is on the rear of the house, beyond the kitchen. We have always used that space as our living room:That left us with what was home’s original living room to use in other ways. We [...]
April 3, 2012 in Announcements, Made by Mom, Other People's Stuff I Like
This week, I am co-hosting the Tuesday Time Out Party with Reasons To Skip The Housework My faithful readers…I figured you would enjoy perusing the party of inspirational ideas: Click on any picture that interests you and you will be directed to that inspirational blog post. And to my fellow blogging [...]
March 13, 2012 in Announcements, Made by Mom
This post has been featured! I am participating in a Crafting Competition: The Crafterbowl. My entry in this round is this burlap flower bouquet. Click here to see my full post and tutorial. Click here to VOTE FOR ME! This button can also be found on my portfolio page: -:- [...]
March 12, 2012 in Made by Mom
This post has been featured! I am currently a participant in the Crafterbowl — hosted by Amie at Pinkapotomus. Each week two “players” face off in a secret ingredient challenge and the “Fans” vote for their favorite crafter. When Amie emailed me Saturday with the Secret Ingredient…BURLAP…I knew just where [...]
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